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Top 25 Art and craft toy distributors based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 119 art and craft toy distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,371 professional contacts across them, including 864 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers art and craft toy distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest art and craft toy distributors based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 881 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hobbycraft is the UK's leading art and craft retailer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 482 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Colart is the global market leader for art materials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Daler-Rowney’s reputation as a manufacturer of fine art materials dates back over 240 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded by Sara Davies in 2005, CCGlobal is a fast-growing, award-winning international market leader in the arts and craft sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Baker Ross is a leading supplier of arts, crafts and educational activity kits for schools, parents, and community organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Curious Universe, we’re all about sparking joy, creativity, and curiosity-through brilliantly designed products that invite everyone to create, explore, and play.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in London in Jackson's offers a vast range of art materials to artists from all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “West Design Products is an industry leading manufacturer, importer, distributor and wholesaler of quality art and craft, education, toy and stationery products across the UK and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Craft Buddy Ltd, we design and manufacture quality Arts, Crafts, Toy and Hobby products, with a common theme of uniqueness & innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We have been designing, making and selling fun and entertaining products since 1973, when our founder began making board games in the workshop to sell at local craft fairs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specialist Crafts Ltd is the UKs largest supplier and Art, Craft & Design materials to educators across the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Commotion are designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative educational products, selling to educational trade partners and toy retailers worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Art and Craft Factory are UK suppliers of art, craft and haberdashery products into the wholesale and education markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1836 as an Educational bookseller, James Galt & Company Limited is a brand leader of quality developmental and creative toy products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seawhite of Brighton manufacture and supply art & design materials to education and retail throughout the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dryad Education, the home of Specialist Crafts, is one of the leading suppliers of Art, Textiles, Design and Technology resources to educational establishments, students and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Brainstorm is a leading supplier of fun and educational toys.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Teddy Mountain UK: Crafting Magical Moments!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Abacus Creative Resources stock a genuinely exciting range of creative art supplies & resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “One of the UK's leading Arts & Crafts startups!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We design fabulous and fun craft kits that come complete with everything you need – all the essential tools, materials and full colour, step-by-step photographic instructions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Global Art Supplies is one of the UK's leading art supply distributors and represents many of the world's most prestigious fine art brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Anthony Peters Manufacturing Co Ltd was established 23 years ago and is based in Melton Mowbray England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Home of Everything Glitter, Paint & GroutHemway is the home of colour and the place for DIY, arts and crafts and cosmetics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Formed in 2002, Trends UK is a British toy company with a great range of top-quality toys, hobby kits and gifts that will delight children (and adults) of all ages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: art and craft toy distributors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names art and craft toy distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of art and craft toy distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name art and craft toy distributors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Art and craft toy distributors based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 119 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among art and craft toy distributors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “art and craft toy distributors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names art and craft toy distributors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among art and craft toy distributors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 864 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names art and craft toy distributors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many art and craft toy distributors are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 119 art and craft toy distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Hobbycraft, headquartered in Christchurch, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most art and craft toy distributors?
London leads with 17 headquartered companies, followed by Leicester (4) and Brighton (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 864 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 119 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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